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K–12 Standards

Grade 1

Other Michigan Alternative Content Standards - English Language Arts sets

Students can comprehend text in increasingly complex ways.

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    Accessing Narrative Text

    1. 1

      Identify details in familiar stories.EE.RL.1.1

    2. 2

      With guidance and support, recount major events in familiar stories.EE.RL.1.2

    3. 3

      Identify characters and settings in a familiar story.EE.RL.1.3

    4. 4

      With guidance and support, identify sensory or feeling words in a familiar story. EE.RL.1.4

    5. 5

      With guidance and support, identify a text as telling a story. EE.RL.1.5

    6. 6

      With guidance and support, identify a speaker within a familiar story. EE.RL.1.6

    7. 7

      Identify illustrations or objects/tactual information that go with a familiar story.EE.RL.1.7

    8. 9

      With guidance and support identify adventures or experiences of characters in a story as same or different.  EE.RL.1.9

    9. 10

      With guidance and support, actively engage in shared reading for a clearly stated purpose. EE.RL.1.10

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    Accessing Informational Text

    1. 1

      Identify details in familiar text.EE.RI.1.1

    2. 2

      With guidance and support, identify details related to the topic of a text.EE.RI.1.2

    3. 3

      Identify individuals, events, or details in a familiar informational text.EE.RI.1.3

    4. 4

      With guidance and support, ask a reader to clarify the meaning of a word in a text. EE.RI.1.4

    5. 5

      Locate the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.EE.RI.1.5

    6. 6

      Distinguish between words and illustrations in a text. EE.RI.1.6

    7. 7

      Identify illustrations or objects/tactual information that go familiar text. EE.RI.1.7

    8. 8

      Identify points the author makes in a familiar informational text. EE.RI.1.8

    9. 9

      With guidance and support, match similar parts of two familiar texts on the same topic. EE.RI.1.9

    10. 10

      Actively engage in shared reading of informational text. EE.RI.1.10

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    Reading (Foundational Skills)

    1. 1

      Demonstrate emerging understanding of the organization of print.EE.RF.1.1

    2. 2

      Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).EE.RF.1.2

    3. 3

       Demonstrate emerging letter and word identification skills. EE.RF.1.3

    4. 4

      Begin to attend to words in print.EE.RF.1.4

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    Vocabulary Acquisition and Usage

    1. 4

      Demonstrate emerging knowledge of word meanings.EE.L.1.4

    2. 5

      Demonstrate emerging understanding of word relationships.EE.L.1.5

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    Writing: Text Types and Purposes

    1. 1

      Select a familiar book and use drawing, dictating, or writing to state an opinion about it.EE.W.1.1

    2. 2

      Select a familiar topic and use drawing, dictating, or writing to share information about it.EE.W.1.2

    3. 3

      Select an event and use drawing, dictating, or writing to share information about it.EE.W.1.3

    4. 5

      With guidance and support from adults, add more information to own drawing, dictation, or writing to strengthen it. EE.W.1.5

    5. 8

      With guidance and support from adults, identify information related to personal experiences and answer simple questions about those experiences.EE.W.1.8

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    Conventions of Standard English

    1. 1

      Demonstrate emerging understanding of letter and word use.EE.L.1.1

    2. 2

      Demonstrate emerging understanding of conventions of Standard EnglishEE.L.1.2

Students can communicate for a range of purposes and audiences.

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    Speaking and Listening

    1. 1

      Participate in conversations with adults.EE.SL.1.1

    2. 2

      During shared reading activities, answer questions about details presented orally or through other media.EE.SL.1.2

    3. 3

      Communicate confusion or lack of understanding ("I don't know.").EE.SL.1.3

    4. 4

       Identify familiar people, places, things, and events.EE.SL.1.4

    5. 6

      With guidance and support, provide more information to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.EE.SL.1.6

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    Using Language

    1. 1

      Demonstrate emerging understanding of letter and word use.EE.L.1.1

    2. 6

      With guidance and support, use words acquired through conversations, being read to, and during shared reading activities.EE.L.1.6

Students can investigate topics and present information.

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    Research and Inquiry

    1. 6

      With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce individual or group writing. EE.W.1.6

    2. 7

      With guidance and support, participate in shared research and writing projects. EE.W.1.7

    3. 5

      Add or select drawings or other visual or tactual displays that relate to familiar people, places, things, and events.EE.SL.1.5

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 1
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ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR GRADE 1: ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

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